Acts 25:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

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  • 1 Sam 13:10 : 10 And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.
  • 1 Sam 25:14 : 14 But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.
  • 2 Sam 8:10 : 10 He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:
  • Acts 8:40 : 40 But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.
  • Acts 25:22-23 : 22 And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing. 23 So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.
  • Acts 26:1 : 1 And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:
  • Acts 26:27-28 : 27 King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have. 28 And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.
  • 2 Kgs 10:13 : 13 When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.
  • Mark 15:18 : 18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

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  • Acts 25:21-27
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    21But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

    22And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

    23So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

    24And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.

    25But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

    26But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.

    27For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.

  • Acts 25:14-15
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    14And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

    15Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

  • Acts 25:1-6
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    1So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

    2And the chief priests and the chief men of the Jews made statements against Paul,

    3Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.

    4But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.

    5So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.

    6And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

  • Acts 26:30-32
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    30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

    31And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

    32And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.

  • Acts 25:12
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    12Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.

  • Acts 24:22-27
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    22But Felix, who had a more detailed knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, When Lysias, the chief captain, comes down, I will give attention to your business.

    23And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him.

    24But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

    25And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

    26For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.

    27But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

  • Acts 25:8-9
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    8Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

    9But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?

  • Acts 23:32-33
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    32But on the day after, they sent the horsemen on with him, and went back to their place:

    33And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him.

  • Acts 23:25-26
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    25And he sent a letter in these words:

    26Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.

  • Acts 26:26-28
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    26For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.

    27King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.

    28And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.

  • Acts 26:1-2
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    1And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:

    2In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

  • Acts 12:21
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    21And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

  • Acts 25:17
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    17So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

  • Acts 26:19
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    19So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

  • Acts 28:17
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    17Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

  • Acts 24:1-2
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    1And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul.

    2And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 18:22
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    22And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 23:30
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    30And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

  • Acts 27:3
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    3And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

  • Acts 24:4
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    4But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

  • Acts 21:7
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    7And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

  • Acts 24:11
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    11Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;

  • Acts 23:35
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    35I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.